USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Starting with $1.50 in cash and five students, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?
A
Bethune-Cookman College
B
Howard University
C
McLeod-Bethune College
D
Lindop University
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On October 3, 1904, an exceptional young Black woman, Mary McLeod Bethune, opened the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls-what would become Bethune-Cookman University-with $1.50, faith in God and five little girls, along with Dr. Bethune’s son, Albert.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mary McLeod was the daughter of formerly enslaved people. She graduated from Scotia Seminary (now Barber-Scotia College) in Concord, North Carolina, in 1893 and from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1895.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bethune-Cookman University’s founder, Mary McLeod Bethune, is one of America’s most inspirational daughters. Educator.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bethune-Cookman University is one of eleven United Methodist-related historically black colleges and universities that together make up the Black College Fund.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bethune-Cookman University students to protest living conditions, failed hire. Students at Bethune-Cookman University said they’re fed up. Students say there are rats and mold in the dorm rooms.

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